Edwin D. Morgan

Edwin Denison Morgan (8 February 1811-14 February 1883) was Governor of New York (R) from 1 January 1859 to 31 December 1862 (succeeding John Alsop King and preceding Horatio Seymour) and a US Senator from 4 March 1863 to 3 March 1869 (succeeding Preston King and preceding Reuben E. Fenton).

Biography
Edwin Denison Morgan was born in Washington, Massachusetts in 1811, and he was raised in Connecticut, trained as a merchant in Hartford, and served on the city council. He later moved to New York City and became a successful wholesale grocer and bond broker before becoming an assistant alderman and a member of the New York State Senate. Originally a Whig, he was one of the founders of the Republican Party, and he served as Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and as a US Senator from 1863 to 1869. He commanded the US Army's Department of New York while serving as governor, and he was Chester A. Arthur's political patron. Arthur nominated Morgan as Secretary of the Treasury, but Morgan declined on the grounds of age and ill health. He died in 1883.